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I don't play WoW, but elsewhere on the internet where handles are used I've found myself becoming very prejudiced against people who's usernames both begin and
by jlgreco 13y ago
I don't play WoW, but elsewhere on the internet where handles are used I've found myself becoming very prejudiced against people who's usernames both begin and end in an "x". So like "xYourMomx", or worse "xxYourMomxx", or even worse "xxxYourMomxxx".
For some reason '(x+).*\1' correlates rather strongly with finding anti-social behaviour (for example, intentional shitposting) incredibly amusing.
- pc86 13y agoOr god forbid xXxYoUrMoMxXx
- jlgreco 13y agoVery true, variation in capitalization is some sort of multiplier. What I don't understand is the shear prevalence of this. Is there perhaps a popular system (email provider or game network or something) that is recommending these sort of usernames?
- PavlovsCat 13y agoIsn't it also a Straight Edge thing? Not that that's much better. Though I'd still rather play with xXpetetheblobXx than MasterOfPainDeath or KoldCiller or whatever... if I had any doubts about the toxicity of gaming (and I say this as a former gamer), one look at the average scoreboard would remind me again. Though I think they're products of society, rather than acting against it. Garbage in, garbage out..
- jlgreco 13y agoHmmm, I know "x"s in general are (like X tattoos on the back of your hands) but I didn't think that was a popular trend/movement/whatever anymore. Typically the option is less "xXpetetheblobXx or MasterOfPainDeath" and more "petetheblob or xXMasterOfPainDeathXx". The "x"s usually seem to go hand in hand with the more 'absurd' names. (I don't have any data for any of this though, I'm just going by what I have noticed which could be colored by various biases I have.)